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Innovative Use of Hydrogen in Energy Retrofitting of Listed Buildings [PDF]

, 2017
Existing buildings represent the major challenge in energy efficiency strategies applied to the building stock. Moreover, architectural and landscaping constraints related to listed buildings are further limitations to possible interventions. When listed
Di Matteo, Umberto, Nastasi, Benedetto
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Performance or Marketing Benefits? The Case of LEED Certification [PDF]

, 2014
Green building adoption is driven by both performance-based benefits and marketing based benefits. Performance based benefits are those that improve performance or lower operating costs of the building or of building users.
Matisoff, Daniel C., Mazzolini, Anna M., Noonan, Douglas S.   +2 more
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A Method of Integrating Air Conditioning Usage Models to Building Simulations for Predicting Residential Cooling Energy Consumption

Buildings
Great deviations in building energy consumption simulation are attributed to the simplified settings of occupants’ air conditioning (AC) usage schedules.
Jingyun Ao, Chenqiu Du, Mingyi Jing, Baizhan Li, Zhaoyang Chen   +4 more
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Mechanisms for ·O2- and ·OH Production on Flowerlike BiVO4 Photocatalysis Based on Electron Spin Resonance

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018
Many studies have focused on the use of BiVO4 as a photocatalyst, but few have investigated the production of free radicals during the photocatalytic process.
Xuan Xu, Xuan Xu, Yaofang Sun, Yaofang Sun, Zihong Fan, Deqiang Zhao, Deqiang Zhao, Shimin Xiong, Shimin Xiong, Bingyao Zhang, Bingyao Zhang, Shiyu Zhou, Shiyu Zhou, Guotao Liu, Guotao Liu   +14 more
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A Predictive Model for the Growth Diameter of Mold under Different Temperatures and Relative Humidities in Indoor Environments

Buildings
A substantial body of evidence suggests that indoor mold exposure is a cause of allergic and respiratory diseases in humans. While models exist for assessing the risk of mold growth on building materials, few study the characteristics of mold growth ...
Chenyang Wang, Yong Mei, Heqi Wang, Xinzhu Guo, Ting Yang, Chenqiu Du, Wei Yu   +6 more
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Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács, Zoltán Köllő, Balázs Gellért Karvaly, Mahmoud Obeidat, Rita Nagy, Péter Hegyi, Brigitta Teutsch, Eszter Tuboly, Miklós Garami   +8 more
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The Application of Green Design in the Interior Room in Terms of Material Selection [PDF]

, 2019
Design with the Green Design approach is now starting to get more attention in interior planning in big cities in Indonesia. Human awareness about the environment and healthy living space is a driving factor.
Sudarisman, I. (Irwan )
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The Impact of Heating Methods on Respiratory and Allergic Diseases in Preschool Children: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey Across Northern and Southern China

Buildings
Indoor heating methods may influence the prevalence of respiratory and allergic diseases among preschool children. However, limited research has explored the relationship between indoor heating methods and childhood illnesses over time or on a large ...
Chenyang Wang, Shaohua Li, Yan Zhang, Haixia Zhou, Peiwen Zhang, Wei Yu   +5 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
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Is a Green Building an Energy Efficient Building? [PDF]

, 2007
Is a “green building” an energy efficient building? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is “not necessarily.” As the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) notes, green building rating systems are flexible, and buildings with poor energy ...
Mindy, Steven
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